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History of Pulletikurru Village, Ambajipeta Mandal, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Pulletikurru is a beautiful village located in Konaseema (an island formed due to its isolation by the branches of River Godavari on flowing on its three sides and the Bay of Bengal on the fourth side), about 30 KM from Rajahmundry and 50KM from Kakinada.

Wild tigers used to be prevalent in this village and its surroundings and hence the original name of Puli(meaning "Tiger")Veta(meaning "Hunting")Kurru(meaning "Village")could have been gradually changed as PULLETIKURRU as it is being called today.

Agriculture, Pottery, Goldsmiths, Blacksmiths, fishing, poultry, rearing of domestic animals are the main sources of economic activity of the village having a population of about 11,000 with about 2500 house-holds. The village is having a public library managed by the local public body; a central government owned public sector bank; post office; primary school and high school being run by the district school administration; a junior college, a veterinary hospital and numerous small private schools, pharmacies and shops. The village is well connected by road and not having any railway connection. Most parts of the village are accessible to drinking water, sanitation and electricity - while some parts of the village are deprived of these amenities.

This village is well known for the dexterous weavers skillfully weaving the cotton sarees with different patterns, colours and designs. These sarees measure in 7 yards in length and contain the "buta" and boarders with Zari (made with golden threads / silver threds) - which are known as "Zari Cheeralu (in Telugu). In the days when the gold and silver are affordable, these zari sarees were very popular among the women of this village and surrounding villages.  They provide the authentic and traditional appearance to the person wearing them.  The village is known to have mastered in all the branches of manufacturing the sarees - from dyeing the raw cotton, drying, making it ready for deploying on the hand-operated-looms.  There begins the creation of master-craft with each weaver bringing unique designs using his / her dexterity and skill and putting a signature to the sarees hand-woven painstakingly with lots of care and love.

The main crops cultivated here are paddy, sugar cane, bananas, coco-nut palms, black-gram, red-gram, green-gram, turmeric, ground nut, various vegetables. Due to river Godavari and its canal system of irrigation, the village is having very good ground water resources. It also attracts very good seasonal rainfall and hence the soil is very fertile. These factors make this village highly successful agricultural enterprise and producer of large amounts of paddy and coconuts.14:47, 29 March 2012 (UTC)Bsssastry (talk)Bsssastry (talk) 14:54, 29 March 2012 (UTC)